Until, err, now. But not how many may have expected. The day after being included in Roy Hodgson's squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Montenegro and Poland, a photograph has emerged of Jack Wilshere smoking a cigarette.

As Wilshere pointed out on his own Twitter account, this is not the first instance a professional sportsman has been caught with a cheeky fag, and the Arsenal man denies that he smokes.

We picked out some other sportsmen who have known to spark up from time to time, including Wilshere's England team mates Wayne Rooney and Ashley Cole.

Also on the list are Arsenal new-boy Mesut Ozil and England's Ashes winning captain Alastair Cook.